TopFinds: The 2012 Olympics begin, $79,000 cognac bottle dropped

London's turn to show off its city to the world begins as the Olympics take over the UK. The U.S. Army wants your empty oyster shells. A rare bottle of cognac costing $79,000 was accidentally dropped. These are the top stories from across the world.

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Looking to make a good first impression on his first foreign visit as a U.S. presidential candidate, Mitt Romney first made questionable remarks about the London Olympics. He made his remarks on an interview for NBC TV after arriving in London.

This is one to be listed under heartbreaking news - a 234-year-old bottle of cognac, bottled in Paris in 1788 and for two centuries stored in the cellar of La Tour d'Argent restaurant, was dropped and smashed in London.

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